Super Bomberman R Update Now Live; Adds 4 New Stages & More
Konami had promised to update Super Bomberman R with fixes and free content and it has delivered. The four battle stages are: Lagoon, Speed Zone, White Cross, and Power Zone and each cost 4000 coins of in-game currency to unlock. The update is now live (version 1.3) and adds a ton of improvements to the game:
・Four new VS stages have been added to the shop (White Cross, Lagoon, Max Speed, Power Zone).
・Two new series of accessories have been added to the shop (Crowns, Bombs).
・The frame rate of the entire game has been improved. We also made slight adjustments and improved the controls as well.
・Less lags are likelier to happen when every participant in the Online Battle have good network connection.
(If you want to find opponents with good connection, set Other > Basic Settings > Network Settings to the very left.)・Made it possible to press L/R to change the inclination of he map in the Story Mode. Other > Basing Settings will also allow you to fix the camera position as well.
・You can now choose the strength of the COM on the Multiplayer Battle Mode.
・The strength of the Five Dastardly Bombers on the Story Mode have been adjusted.
・The difficulties of Beginner and Normal have been reduced, making it easier to beat them.
・Adjusted the heights and slopes on some maps to improve the visibility.
・If you continue a certain number of times in the Story Mode, you will be able to continue without paying anymore gems.
・Changed the BP (Battle Point) increase/decrease rate for the League Battle.
・Fixed other various small bugs.
[Source: Japanese Nintendo]
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